Embryos homozygous for a knock-out allele die at E4.0 as blastocysts fail to enter S phase and arrest at G1, leading to elevated cell death. Heterozygous mutant mice display a shortened lifespan due to formation of multiple tumors, mostly large lymphomasof both B and T cells.

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